{"id":98233,"date":"2025-10-13T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98233"},"modified":"2025-10-13T01:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:47:00","slug":"floods-trap-people-in-cars-in-spains-catalonia-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=98233","title":{"rendered":"Floods trap people in cars in Spain\u2019s Catalonia region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Floods caused by torrential rain have left a number of people trapped in vehicles in Spain\u2019s north-eastern Catalonia region, officials say.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media have emerged showing torrents of muddy water sweeping through the towns of La R\u00e0pita and Santa B\u00e0rbara in the Tarragona province, and moving everything in their path.<\/p>\n

The highest red alert has been declared in the coastal province by Spain\u2019s national weather agency AEMET.<\/p>\n

So far there have been no reports of any deaths or injuries.<\/p>\n

Catalonia\u2019s Civil Protection agency urged residents in Tarragona\u2019s Ebro Delta to stay indoors, as AEMET warned of 180mm (7in) of rain in 12 hours in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is complicated, and more rain is forecast,\u201d Cristina Vicente, a senior official at the agency, was quoted as saying by the La Vanguardia newspaper.<\/p>\n

Train departures from the cities of Barcelona and Valencia, in the neighbouring Valencia region, have been suspended until further notice along the mainly coastal Mediterranean Corridor.<\/p>\n

Several regions in south-eastern Spain \u2013 including the Balearic Islands \u2013 have in recent days been battered by heavy rains and flooding.<\/p>\n

The severe weather has been driven by Storm Alice\u00a0in the western Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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